The God that failed: A critique of public housing in Nigeria, 1975-1995

Habitat International

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-188

  Ikejiofor, Uche ^a,b  

^a Road Sector Development Team   (Nigeria)

^b PMB 86   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Construction; Housing policy; Nigeria; Public housing

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; HOUSING POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033153070     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-3975(98)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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